2019 Annual Report

Annual Report 2019 35 Planning and Strategic Initiatives Development Planning ƒ Rezoning (including Official Community Plan amendments) ƒ Development Variance Permits ƒ Development Permits (Form & Character) ƒ Temporary Use Permits ƒ Agricultural Land Reserve Applications Long-Range Planning ƒ Official Community Plan ƒ Neighbourhood Plans ƒ Growth Projections ƒ Policy Development ‘One Stop’ Business Registration and Licencing ƒ General and Inter-municipal Business Licencing 109 DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMITS 126 FORM & CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PERMITS 25 AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE APPLICATIONS 558 NEW BUSINESS LICENCES 80 REZONING APPLICATIONS 15 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS Planning Projects ƒ Z oning Bylaw Review ƒ Child Care Space Creation Plan ƒ Heritage Strategic Action Plan ƒ Sardis Neighbourhood Plan ƒ Industrial Land Policy ƒ Liquor Ancillary Policy ƒ 2019 = 498 ƒ 2018 = 459 ƒ 2017 = 374 ƒ 2016 = 315 ƒ 2015 = 248 ƒ 2014 = 197 ƒ 2013 = 135 Intermunicipal Business Licences Homelessness Action Plan/ Affordable Housing Strategy ƒ Continued work with community partners to leverage investment from senior levels of government to address homelessness, increase supply of affordable housing and improve services to those in need ƒ Launched a Housing for Aging Adults study as well as a Housing Needs Report. Both projects involved use of surveys, focus group discussion, stakeholder interviews, extensive data anaylysis and a review of best practices in addressing housing needs ƒ The Mayor’s Integrated Community Safety Task Force was established to develop a Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) plan